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administration

[ad-min-uh-stray-shuhn] / ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
period during which a particular human group is in power
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When the TPS expiration deadlines approached for other groups, the administration reached a decision within days of a deadline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The administration has not detailed how such a $5,000 payment would be funded or enacted.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Executives from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, Phillips 66 and their lobbyists consulted Trump’s team on diesel supplies in recent days, advising the administration to pursue alternatives to an outright export ban, some of those people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The amount required to sign the player is the most obvious, but there are also agents fees, legal expenses, administration money and potentially signing-on bonuses.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“I think the spirit of it applicable to every man concerned in the administration of the finances of a Country.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Interviews with 80 former White House staffers offer insight into one of the most misunderstood administrations in recent history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

As a legal scholar researching the evolution of modern presidential clemency, I have reviewed every individual pardon and commutation granted by U.S. presidents since 1989, spanning seven administrations, from George H.W.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Both the Obama and Biden administrations used the Clean Air Act to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which drive climate change.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

Bush administration, TPS has been used in the years since under Democratic and Republican administrations alike.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Keeping the administrations more independent outside advisors in line proved more of a struggle.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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